A framework for targeting water, sanitation and hygiene interventions in pastoralist populations in the Afar Region of Ethiopia

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen
cg.coverage.countryEthiopia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ET
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierBarbara Van Koppen: 0000-0002-7707-8127
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2019.08.001en
cg.issn1438-4639en
cg.issue8en
cg.journalInternational Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Healthen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume222en
dc.contributor.authorWhitley, L.en
dc.contributor.authorHutchings, P.en
dc.contributor.authorCooper, S.en
dc.contributor.authorParker, A.en
dc.contributor.authorKebede, A.en
dc.contributor.authorJoseph, S.en
dc.contributor.authorButterworth, J.en
dc.contributor.authorvan Koppen, Barbaraen
dc.contributor.authorMulejaa, A.en
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-18T05:00:08Zen
dc.date.available2020-02-18T05:00:08Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/107115
dc.titleA framework for targeting water, sanitation and hygiene interventions in pastoralist populations in the Afar Region of Ethiopiaen
dcterms.abstractGlobally, many populations face structural and environmental barriers to access safe water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services. Among these populations are many of the 200 million pastoralists whose livelihood patterns and extreme environmental settings challenge conventional WASH programming approaches. In this paper, we studied the Afar pastoralists in Ethiopia to identify WASH interventions that can mostly alleviate public health risks, within the population's structural and environmental living constraints. Surveys were carried out with 148 individuals and observational assessments made in 12 households as part of a Pastoralist Community WASH Risk Assessment. The results show that low levels of access to infrastructure are further compounded by risky behaviours related to water containment, storage and transportation. Additional behavioural risk factors were identified related to sanitation, hygiene and animal husbandry. The Pastoralist Community WASH Risk Assessment visually interprets the seriousness of the risks against the difficulty of addressing the problem. The assessment recommends interventions on household behaviours, environmental cleanliness, water storage, treatment and hand hygiene via small-scale educational interventions. The framework provides an approach for assessing risks in other marginal populations that are poorly understood and served through conventional approaches.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationWhitley, L.; Hutchings, P.; Cooper, S.; Parker, A.; Kebede, A.; Joseph, S.; Butterworth, J.; van Koppen, Barbara; Mulejaa, A. 2019. A framework for targeting water, sanitation and hygiene interventions in pastoralist populations in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 222(8):1133-1144. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2019.08.001en
dcterms.extentp. 1133-1144en
dcterms.issued2019-09
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherElsevieren
dcterms.subjectwater supplyen
dcterms.subjectsanitationen
dcterms.subjecthygieneen
dcterms.subjectrisk assessmenten
dcterms.subjectpastoralistsen
dcterms.subjectcommunitiesen
dcterms.subjectpublic healthen
dcterms.subjecthealth hazardsen
dcterms.subjectfaecal pollutionen
dcterms.subjectpathogensen
dcterms.subjectdrinking wateren
dcterms.subjectwater purificationen
dcterms.subjectwater storageen
dcterms.subjecthuman behaviouren
dcterms.subjectvillagesen
dcterms.subjecthouseholdsen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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